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Prisons fight release of records
By Montgomery Advertiser
Published: 11/19/2008

ALABAMA - Alabama's prison system is fighting a court ruling that requires it to release details about its investigation into the death of a state inmate last year. The Department of Corrections says it plans to appeal a judge's order in an open records lawsuit filed by the family of Farron Barksdale.

The man was convicted of killing two Athens police officers in 2004, and he died in state custody last year. A judge in Montgomery ordered corrections officials to provide the man's family with the results of its investigation into Barksdale's death. Read more.

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